Super Gene Hunting Ground

After Zhu Peng left, Qin He looked somewhat grave. He always felt something was amiss, but after pondering several times, he couldn’t find any flaws.

”Xiaotian, how do you plan to write the content of the Life and Death Challenge?”

Qin Xiaotian thought for a moment and said:

”Weapons and fists are unrestricted, life and death are at one’s own risk.”

”In that case, I’ll return to Wentian City tomorrow. Your mother has a Two-star Divine Weapon, the Broken Rainbow Sword, which can kill any powerful figure below the Empire Level Realm. With this sword, combined with your own Genetic Evolution Level, you should have every confidence to kill Yang Xiao.”

Qin Xiaotian nodded.

Early the next day, Flying Leopard Academy’s challenge board displayed a new challenge information.

”Qin Xiaotian challenges Yang Xiao, weapons and fists are unrestricted, life and death at one’s own risk, three days later, in Primary Academy No.1 Arena.”

As soon as the challenge letter came out, it immediately caused a sensation throughout Flying Leopard Academy, even vibrating the Advanced Academy Department.

”Wow, what’s happening? Qin Xiaotian is an elite from the Advanced Academy Department, and he’s actually coming to challenge in the Primary Academy Department?”

”This is so shameless, Qin Xiaotian is at the Empire Level Primary Level Peak, hasn’t Yang Xiao yet broken through to the Empire Level?”

”This matter is somewhat special. Yang Xiao killed Qin Xiaotian’s brother Qin Yue, so Qin Xiaotian likely issued the challenge book to avenge his brother.”

”In the history of Flying Leopard Academy, there doesn’t seem to have been a situation where the Advanced Academy Department challenged across departments to the Primary Academy Department, right?”

”But the academy hasn’t said they prohibit such challenges.”

”This is chaotic.”

”This challenge letter could be issued, it’s likely gotten the academy’s approval?”

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For a time, the academy was full of discussions, everyone was talking about it.

While arranging the challenge match, the academy immediately released information about needing to buy tickets.

Students with foresight flocked, lining up in long queues in front of the school’s administrative office building to purchase tickets.

Last time, the tickets for Yang Xiao and Qin Yue were one hundred Crystal Coin each, this time it directly raised to a thousand Crystal Coin.

Despite this, it did not affect everyone’s enthusiasm to buy tickets in the slightest.

Considering the specialness of this challenge match, the academy reserved a few hundred seats out of three thousand for academy tutors, splitting the remaining seats equally between the Advanced Academy Department and the Primary Academy Department.

Tickets were quickly sold out, and black market tickets skyrocketed to ten thousand Crystal Coin each, and it was still very hard to get any.

Additionally, the betting pool about the duel between the two attracted many participants, after a comprehensive analysis of the combat power of both, a conclusion was drawn: Yang Xiao’s win probability is about 40%, while Qin Xiaotian’s is about 60%.

Gao Lou made a big profit from the bet last time, naturally, he wouldn’t miss it this time, he didn’t bother asking Yang Xiao, and directly bet five million Crystal Coin on Yang Xiao winning.

Chen Cangshan directly bet ten million Crystal Coin on Yang Xiao winning.

Yelu Caiyun and others searched everywhere for Yang Xiao, but couldn’t find him.

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Amidst these discussions, Qin Xiaotian returned to Wentian City to find his mother and obtained the Broken Rainbow Sword,

At the same time, the Qin Mansion held Qin Yue’s funeral.

After burying Qin Yue, Qin Chuan and his wife decided they would accompany Qin Xiaotian to Flying Leopard Academy to witness their son’s life-and-death combat with Yang Xiao.

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Yang Xiao spent all these days from morning until evening in the practice room.

Xiao Ling would come to the practice room punctually during lunch and dinner, bringing him delicious food.

Yang Xiao is now the focus of discussion throughout the academy and can’t go to the cafeteria to eat anymore; otherwise, he’d be surrounded by everyone like a panda at the zoo.

When Xiao Ling told Yang Xiao the content of the challenge letter, Yang Xiao gave a faint smile.

”Why are you smiling?”

”Qin Xiaotian is likely to tweak something with weapons and come at me with a Divine Weapon.”

”If that’s the case, aren’t you in great danger?”

”Not necessarily, it depends on what level of Divine Weapon he gets.”

”I remember when you dueled me last time, you used a Divine Weapon, and its power was quite significant.”

”Yes, it was a Two-star Divine Weapon, capable of instantly killing an Empire Level Realm strong figure.”

Upon hearing this, Xiao Ling gasped, looking dumbfounded at Yang Xiao, thinking, how dangerous it was to face Yang Xiao last time. Luckily, Yang Xiao had no intention of killing, or else, who knows what kind of injury she might have suffered.

Seeing Xiao Ling’s self-terrifying appearance, Yang Xiao laughed:

”What’s there to be afraid of? I wouldn’t use a Divine Weapon against you; I wouldn’t in the past, and won’t harm you in the future either.”

Upon hearing this, Xiao Ling’s heart sweetened, and she smiled gently,

”That’s better, at least you have some conscience.”

After several days of cultivation in the practice room, although Yang Xiao feels some change in his body, it seems there’s still some distance to go before reaching the point where he can increase his attribute value by 1.

At midnight, Yang Xiao left the practice room feeling a bit irritated and decided to go to the library for a while, as he hadn’t visited the library during this period.

Xiao Ling accompanied Yang Xiao to the library.

Today, Yang Xiao seemed a bit restless, walking and flipping through books casually on the shelves, and inadvertently saw the book ”Life and Death Iteration Law in Genetic Evolution,” so he picked it up again and sat at the desk flipping through it.

Xiao Ling glanced at Yang Xiao but said nothing.

She knew that before the big battle, the only thing she could do was quietly stay beside Yang Xiao.

Not knowing how long has passed, Yang Xiao felt a wave of space fluctuation beside him, looked up in astonishment, and saw a white-haired old man—Elder Ye—the same elder who tried to stop Qin Xiaotian and him from dueling a few days ago.

Yang Xiao gave a slight smile,

”Elder Ye, you haven’t gone to rest?”

Xiao Ling also exclaimed in surprise:

”Elder Ye, is that you?”

Elder Ye walked in front of Yang Xiao, chuckling,

”So, you’re going to duel with Qin Xiaotian?”

”Elder Ye, do you know about this matter too?”

”Ha ha, your duel with Qin Xiaotian has already stirred up the entire academy; it’s hard not to know. Among ten students coming to the library to study, nine would chat about your duel,

Sigh, why force the matters of life and death?”

Elder Ye shook his head with a sigh.

”I have no choice; the Qin family insists on avenging Qin Yue. I have no other options but to accept.”

Elder Ye’s gaze moved to the book in Yang Xiao’s hand and asked softly:

”Are you also interested in this Life and Death Iteration Law?”

”Yes, I’ve been cultivating it for a while but can’t grasp its core secret. It’s said that to breakthrough, one must pierce themselves with a sword; this cultivation technique is truly insane.”

Elder Ye smiled slightly,

”Have you cultivated it to the Inner Core Realm during your practice?”

Yang Xiao was startled,

”Inner Core Realm?”

”Yes, it’s about condensing a warm flow in the body into a mass like a fireball, and continually shrinking it to the size of an elixir.”

”Indeed, I’ve reached this stage now, but this is as far as I can go, unable to break through further.”

”Oh, you’ve reached the Inner Core Realm? That’s indeed rare.”

Elder Ye seemed surprised.

”Why, Elder Ye are you familiar with this Life and Death Iteration Law? Have you also practiced it?”

Elder Ye smiled slightly, suddenly folded his right hand with two fingers pointing towards Yang Xiao’s chest.

Elder Ye’s move was incredibly fast, far exceeding Yang Xiao and Xiao Ling’s reaction abilities.

”Whizz!”

A strand of Sword Qi the width of two fingers, as thin as paper, pierced the void shooting directly into Yang Xiao’s chest.

Yang Xiao instinctively wanted to resist but had no way to dodge.

He only felt a sharp pain in his chest, and then lost consciousness, falling off the chair, collapsed on the ground.

A small amount of blood seeped from his chest.